No Portal 2 thread?

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:45

I can't find a Portal 2 thread, I've done a search but it's not picking it up. Am I looking wrong? :eek:

Would be amazed if their isn't one! Who's picking this up tomorrow?

therutz · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:47

there is a portal 2 thread on here

http://forums.overclockers.co.uk/showthread.php?t=18122004&highlight=portal

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 17:47

But that's in the PC section.

antijoke · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:02

It's because it's rubbish.

Drake5 · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:18

anticonscience said:
It's because it's rubbish.

You are wrong. Portal was amazing. Console gamers fail sometimes.

R0B75 · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:25

Portal was amazing and I only played it on 360. I won't be buying Portal 2 because I think its too pricey for such a short game but I WILL be renting.

Tom84 · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:25

I must be missing something but personally I can't see the appeal either, fair enough when it was just an add on to Half Life but a dedicated game? Can someone fill me in? :confused:

lunarwolf · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:30

R0B75 said:
Portal was amazing and I only played it on 360. I won't be buying Portal 2 because I think its too pricey for such a short game but I WILL be renting.

+1 great fun but a bit of rip off for a half life mod. shouldn't cost more than £10 imo

R0B75 · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:31

Its just fun to play? I purposely haven't looked into much about Portal 2 because in the first game there were a lot of surprises and funny moments, especially the dialogue with GlaDOS, I don't want to ruin anything.

LiamJ · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:34

Got a friend to buy the two-pack so we got it a for £24 each making it marginally more worth it. At the moment it's not really worth the money, but the SDK/modtools will make that up I hope.

antijoke · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:38

Tom_D said:
You are wrong. Portal was amazing. Console gamers fail sometimes.

I was joking hence the smilies.

You are right portal was amazing and I cannot wait to play the second one.

Sinny · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:46

R0B75 said:
Portal was amazing and I only played it on 360. I won't be buying Portal 2 because I think its too pricey for such a short game but I WILL be renting.

9 hours single player and 7 hours co-op is a short game, especially considering the replay value?

will13 · 20 Apr 2011 at 18:47

I've had Portal 2 on PS3 in my basket (online basket that is

) allday, still unsure if I should click on the order button..

Overmostheads · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:17

Tom84 said:
I must be missing something but personally I can't see the appeal either, fair enough when it was just an add on to Half Life but a dedicated game? Can someone fill me in?

It's set in the same world as half life, it is a company (Aperture Science) who are doing testing with a portal gun and you are a subject. This game is incredible and I recommend it to everyone. You might like the fact Steve Merchant voices one of the main character robots in it and does a brilliant job.

Shamikebab · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:17

Portal is one of the greatest games ever made, sequel is too much moolah though. I've got it on PC because it was significantly cheaper.

Ross1234 · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:19

Overmostheads said:
It's set in the same world as half life, it is a company (Aperture Science) who are doing testing with a portal gun and you are a subject. This game is incredible and I recommend it to everyone. You might like the fact Steve Merchant voices one of the main character robots in it and does a brilliant job.

Are you sure their goal was to test the portal gun? I thought they were testing the way humans acted in certain situations, then using this to develop AI.

Overmostheads · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:23

Ross1234 said:
Are you sure their goal was to test the portal gun? I thought they were testing the way humans acted in certain situations, then using this to develop AI.

Yeah that's a more accurate explanation

R0B75 · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:28

Sinny said:
9 hours single player and 7 hours co-op is a short game, especially considering the replay value?

I wouldn't bother with co-op purely because you can never get a reliable partner and playing with randoms is boring. So for just a single play through (not played Portal 1 more than once, as great as it was) £35-40 is just too much.

Nexus · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:33

It costs the same as any other game...

Are people just moaning because the original Portal shipped as part of The Orange Box, so it was like it was included for free?

At the end of the day, this sequel is a fully featured sequel and I would imagine will have similar play time to any other AAA release.

I pre-ordered, infact it shipped yesterday so am hoping it's in my mailbox, but working late tonight.

At the end of the day, it's a no brainer because when has Valve not released something great?

Nexus · 20 Apr 2011 at 19:50

I should probably also mention that all the reviews I've seen so far say it's fantastic:

IGN 95
Eurogamer 100
Edge 90

Portal is perfect. Portal 2 is not. It's something better than that. It's human: hot-blooded, silly, poignant, irreverent, base, ingenious and loving. It's never less than a pure video game, but it's often more, and it will no doubt stand as one of the best entertainments in any medium at the end of this year. It's a masterpiece.